Unemployment numbers in the Manhattan metro area are up slightly from the month before, according to figures just released by the Kansas Department of Labor. The December 2013 numbers for the Manhattan metro area are 4.4 percent, compared to four percent in November, although lower than the year before’s numbers of 4.7 percent in December of 2012. The metro numbers include Riley, Pottawatomie, and Geary counties. The city of Manhattan by itself had a 3.6 percentage rate, also up a bit from 3.3 in November but lower than last year’s four percent. Area county numbers include Riley with 3.8 percent,…
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A major winter storm is expected to move across the South on Tuesday. The storm is forecast to coat the Gulf Coast with snow and freezing rain, and it could bring up to eight inches of snow to the Carolinas.
Highway access to the city at the end of the trans-Alaska pipeline has been cut off indefinitely by avalanches, including one that dammed a river and created a lake up to a half-mile long across the roadway in a 300-foot wide mountain canyon.
Update Tuesday noon: As KMAN previously reported, Allegiant Air will no longer be servicing Manhattan Regional Airport after February 23rd. Allegiant Air Spokesperson, Jessica Wheeler commented on the closing Tuesday morning, and said the company was just not seeing a big enough profit or demand for this route. Wheeler adds Allegiant prides itself on being reactive to demand and being reactive goes in both directions, and unfortunately this situation involved a quick cancellation of service. Wheeler commented that the company “does not try to make a habit” of quick closings like this. KMAN also asked about whether the package deals…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Parents, doctors and women who have been surrogate mothers are strongly criticizing a Kansas Senate bill to void existing surrogacy contracts and make it illegal to pay women to serve as surrogates. The Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee heard testimony Monday on the measure drafted by committee chairwoman Mary Pilcher-Cook, a Republican from Shawnee. Pilcher-Cook and other supporters of the bill said they’re worried about the health of surrogate children and the women who bear them, as well as the possible exploitation of poor women. But women who have been surrogates testified that it was a…
ATCHISON, Kan. (AP) A body found in a pickup truck pulled from the Missouri River has been identified as that of an Atchison man missing since late December. Garry Clyde Sandy (69) had last been seen Dec. 28 at an Atchison convenience store. A statewide Silver Alert was issued for him Jan. 10, a day after co-workers at a Wal-Mart store reported him missing. Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson told the St. Joseph News-Press that someone walking near the downtown of the northeast Kansas community spotted the pickup truck in the river Sunday. Sandy’s identity was confirmed Monday. Wilson says…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A new report says the Kansas economy continued to improve at the end of 2013 as the state’s unemployment rate dipped below 5 percent for the first time since 2008. The Department of Labor said Monday the seasonally adjusted rate fell to 4.9 percent in December from November’s 5.1 percent. Last month’s figure was also down from 5.5 percent in December 2012. Labor Secretary Lana Gordon says Kansas gained 10,000 non-farm jobs in 2013, the second consecutive year the state added more than 10,000 jobs to payrolls. Nine of the 11 major industry sectors posted job gains…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita State University’s symphony orchestra is invited to represent Kansas at a musical festival in Europe but may have to skip the trip because of low funds. The university’s musicians are invited to play at the 2014 American Celebration of Music in Austria. But the trip for about 60 members would cost about $3,500 per student. Mark Laycock, WSU director of orchestras, says some members have committed $1,000 of their own money but they still need about $120,000 by the end of January. Rodney Miller, dean of the school’s College of Fine Arts, says no state money…
“Wildcat Insider” this week on KMAN breaks down the 0-2 week that Bruce Weber and the Cats went through with losses on the road at Texas and Iowa State. They will preview the game on Tuesday night at Bramlage with Texas Tech and also will break down the rest of the Big 12 slate from over the weekend. The K-State women couldn’t get over the hump against Kansas on Saturday and the guys will break down that game and preview whats to come for Deb Patterson’s bunch. The K-State baseball team opens up the new season soon and they open up ranked inside the Top 25 in the preseason so the guys will give their take on what the baseball team can do this season. All that and much more on “Wildcat Insider” on KMAN.
The Flint Hills Regional Council Board of Directors invites the public to a signing ceremony as the seven county Flint Hills Economic Development District (FHEDD) is formed on January 31, 2014. Elected representatives from the twenty Flint Hills Regional Council members, regional Economic Development organizations and local Chambers of Commerce will be present at the ceremony. The FHEDD is comprised of Geary, Morris, Riley, Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee, Lyon and Chase counties. The newly formed organization will work to implement a cohesive marketing strategy to promote the region’s tourism and business opportunities, and to develop a regional brand to reflect the natural…